We’re rolling out updates to Laravel Cloud to help you scale faster and skip the guesswork. You’ll get predictable usage-based pricing, better defaults, improved security, and new powerful features in some plans, like Preview Environments and MySQL database support.

The tl;dr

• Your pricing plan will change, starting August 13. Plans still have the same base prices, but included features and how usage is billed have improved. These changes will come into effect today, August 13.
• You’ll get more value from your current plan: Each plan now includes more entitlements, like custom domains on Starter (formerly Sandbox), Pro compute on Growth (formerly Production), and networking upgrades on Business.
• Your bill will be smarter, clearer, and more predictable: Bandwidth allowances now scale with actual compute usage, reducing waste and better aligning cost with value.
• You don’t have to change plans; we’ll do that for you: All existing customers will be automatically moved to the new pricing structure.
• Your app will run as usual: Your applications will continue running as-is. No migration steps required.
• You’ll see the changes on your next invoice: The new billing structure will be reflected on your next invoice.

What’s Changing in my Pricing Plan?

If you’re on Sandbox or Production plans, the first change you’ll notice is the new name. We’ve updated our plan names to better reflect what they offer:

• Sandbox is now Starter.
• Production is now Growth.
• Business remains Business.

Starter Plan: Now with Custom Domains

The Starter plan is still usage-based with no base monthly fee, but now includes custom domains by default. It’s a great choice for side projects, portfolios, and hobby applications that need a real-world domain without needing to upgrade.

Key highlights:

• No monthly subscription fee; you pay only for what you use.
• Custom domains are included.
• Hibernation is now enabled by default to minimize costs.
• You can keep costs in check with resource size caps.

Choose this if: Starter is the ideal plan for developers who are just getting started. Running multiple side projects with hibernation enabled and a custom domain is amazingly cheap.

Some use cases:

• Ship five side projects, each with custom domains, and hibernation with a shared MySQL cluster for $11/month.
• Host your static blog with 25,000 monthly visitors for $4/month.
• Run your pre-scale startup with flexible App compute, MySQL, and Redis for $16/month.
• Launch a Statamic CMS site for $7/month.

Growth Plan: Built for Development Teams

The Growth plan now starts at $20/month and comes with powerful new features that improve your ability to develop, test, and ship applications.

Check out the new features:

• Preview Environments: For every pull request, Laravel Cloud automatically spins up a fully-isolated, production-like environment.
• Queue and Worker clusters: On top of App clusters, Growth plan users will also get access to Queue and Worker clusters.
  • Queue clusters are a new type of cluster for queue workloads. They fully manage and autoscale queue workers, tracking CPU, memory, job throughput, and backlog in real time to determine how many workers and replicas your application needs. No more guesswork of sizing queue workers manually; the autoscaling capability will depend on latency so you can save even more on compute.
  • Worker clusters can be independently sized to run custom queue workers or background processes without affecting the main App compute.
• More MySQL sizes and Pro compute: Laravel MySQL comes with two classes of compute (Flex and Pro), each with multiple CPU and RAM sizes. The Growth plan is equipped with Pro compute, which is designed to sustain heavy utilization and is capable of handling your large-scale, mission-critical workloads. Read our docs to see the complete list of CPU and RAM options and the respective price per GB per month.
• Security upgrades: Growth plan users will benefit from stronger security and faster delivery with Basic Web Application Firewall.

Choose this if: Growth is built to scale with your application and your team. It’s perfect if you need production-grade performance, preview environments for every pull request, and advanced queue or background processing without the operational overhead.

Business Plan: Upgrading Soon

The Business plan ($200/month) will soon deliver a full suite of enterprise-grade features designed for high-compliance workloads and complex, organization-wide infrastructure.

Check out what’s coming:

• Team collaboration:
  • Teams: Organize and manage members across projects.
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Assign granular permissions to match team responsibilities.
  • SAML SSO: Integrate with your identity provider for secure, centralized authentication.
  • SCIM provisioning: Automate user lifecycle management at scale.
• Advanced security:
  • Advanced Networking: Gain fine-grained control over network security.
  • Advanced DDoS Protection: Customize thresholds for detecting and mitigating denial-of-service attacks.
  • Advanced WAF: Protect your apps with customizable, enterprise-level firewall rules.

Choose this if: Business is for teams that need larger resources, higher autoscaling limits, enterprise-grade security, strict compliance controls, and the ability to manage large, distributed teams with precision.

The updated Business plan will be available soon. Reach out to learn more or request early access.

Predictable Bandwidth Pricing

These changes were only possible because we’ve completely redesigned how bandwidth works to better reflect actual usage:

• Bandwidth now scales with your compute usage. The more compute you use, the more data transfer you earn.
• Bandwidth allowances are shared across all environments in your organization.
• This model eliminates the waste of unused allowances and makes overages more predictable and accurate.

This results in transparent costs, fewer surprises, and pricing that aligns directly with the value you get.

Why Upgrade?

Laravel Cloud’s new pricing and features are built to give you more control (default hibernation, autoscaling), better performance, and a predictable billing model that provides added value. We heard what the community had to say, and our aim is for every developer, whether starting out, scaling a growing application, or managing complex infrastructure, to find a plan that fits their needs.

Spin up your next project on Laravel Cloud or consider upgrading for advanced features and better control with smarter pricing.

By the way, in case you missed it, MySQL backups are now available. As of yesterday, storage is also cheaper ($0.10/GB-mo in U.S. regions and $0.12/GB-mo elsewhere). Backups are billed separately at the same rate, and you get full control over retention (up to 30 days).